Indiana State Police have identified a Franklin woman as the person killed in a six-vehicle, chain-reaction crash on Interstate 65 that also injured eight other people.

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Police say 76-year-old Dona Mann died at the scene after a truck driven by 49-year-old Hector Avila of Indianapolis ran into the rear of her car Saturday.

Police say traffic in front of Avila had slowed, possibly because of another crash.

Avila and seven other people from three other vehicles were taken to hospitals with injuries. They included two adults and three children in a van complaining of pain, bruising and scratches from seat belts and air bags.

The crash occurred in in the northbound lanes near the Johnson/Shelby county line, about 25 miles south of Indianapolis. Northbound lanes were closed for two hours.